Newcastle join Middlesbrough in banning Mido abuser

Newcastle will follow Middlesbrough's lead and ban the first supporter convicted of chanting racist abuse at Mido in the Tees-Tyne derby last month.

Barry Norman Hutchinson, 49, of Fenham, Newcastle, was fined £270 after pleading guilty to racist or obscene chanting during the 0-0 draw at the Riverside Stadium.

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Welcome decision: Newcastle will ban their own season-ticket holderover the racist abuse he inflicted on Mido

Hutchinson escaped a banning order at Teesside Magistrates, which would have prevented him going to games anywhere in the country, but has been barred from the Riverside by Boro and the Newcastle season ticket holder now faces a ban from St James' Park.